New Delhi, July 22 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea by the tax department seeking to impose higher service tax on charter flight services used by Reliance Industries executives through its subsidiary, Reliance Commercial Dealers Ltd (RCDL).

RCDL operates charter flights for RIL's nominees, transporting passengers on demand based on the company's requirements.

A bench of justices Manoj Misra and Ujjal Bhuyan issued notices to the Reliance subsidiary and observed that it will decide the larger legal issue of classification of such services.

The court directed both parties to file written submissions within two weeks.

"This is an important issue to consider and decide as it involves a pure question of law regarding i...